Technology Thursday : Blast-off!!

What’s that up there in the sky? Is it a bird?? A plane?! No!! It’s a ROCKETSHIP!! Pew-pew-pew!!! Aaaaah!!!

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What? Psh. None of your wise cracks, you!

Today’s Technology Thursday focuses on the wonders of a fantastic app that I’m still learning the in’s & out’s of: AnimationDesk

There’s a ton of features to this app — I haven’t even begun to break through the first layer! In short: it’s an animation app. It allows you to work frame by frame to create an animation. Since I’m still learning it, I don’t have many complaints, but here are some neat features I’ve found thus far:

There are multiple pallets regarding colour to choose from, with the option of creating your own.

You can drag & drop frames, delete, & rearrange as you see fit.

There’s a “duplicate current frame” option along with a “blank” frame option.

If you’re nervous about your animation not being fluid, you have the capability to turn on the “light box”, which allows you to view the previous two frames, the previous & next frame, or the next two frames (all opaque, as if through the sheets of paper on — you guessed it — a light box!)

If you’re confused, there’s plenty of help in the tutorials & help sections.

There’s a fantastic exclusive community producing some amazing works already! You can only check them out via the app. You can also join & upload your own animations, & participate in contests. There are plenty of animations online, too, & some neat groups formed around the app, as well!

They have pre-made backgrounds to choose from — static or dynamic! — or you could even upload your own.

Upload your finished animations to YouTube!

You can select from multiple tools — from crayon to calligraphy pen!

There’s so much I haven’t even seen yet, but I know you can import images from other apps like notes, you can add sounds, & more!! What a marvelous tool for iDevices. 😀

The only drawback as far as I can tell is that there’s only 3 “layers” to your animations — the foreground, middle ground, & background. I could be mistaken, though, since I’m still playing with this awesome app. I’ll be sure to keep y’all updated! 😉